ACI reports 1.8% worldwide drop in 2009 passengers
Airports Council International (ACI) released (05-Aug-2010) its 2009 World Airport Traffic Report. Passenger numbers worldwide fell 1.8% year-on-year to 4.8 billion in 2009. Details include:
- Passenger numbers: 4.8 billion, -1.8% year-on-year;
- Africa: 150.6 million, -0.6%;
- Asia Pacific: 1.2 billion, +4.9%;
- Europe: 1.4 billion, -5.4%;
- Latin America: 368.7 million, +1.5%;
- Middle East: 183.5 million, +7.7%;
- North America: 1.5 billion, -5.2%.
- Cargo volume: -7.9%;
- Africa: -9.1%;
- Asia Pacific: -4.3%;
- Europe: -10.9%;
- Latin America: -11.4%;
- Middle East: +4.3%;
- North America: -11.1%.
- Top 10 airports by passenger numbers:
- Atlanta: 88 million, -2.2%;
- London Heathrow: 66 million, -1.5%;
- Beijing: 65.4 million, +16.9%;
- Chicago O'Hare: 64.2 million, -6.1%;
- Tokyo Haneda: 61.9 million, -7.2%;
- Paris-Charles de Gaulle: 57.9 million, -4.9%;
- Los Angeles LAX: 56.5 million, -5.5%;
- Dallas/Fort Worth: 56 million, -1.9%;
- Frankfurt: 50.9 million, -4.7%;
- Denver: 50.2 million, -2.1%. [more]
ACI: "The end result for the year was that, despite the tremendous hit the industry took in the first term, renewed passenger traffic growth balanced out those losses and yielded a decline of 1.8% for the full year. Cargo fared less well in 2009. The vertiginous drops in freight traffic seen in the first months of the year provided a clear sign of global economic stress. The reversal of that downward spiral later in the year could not make up for such steep losses. As a result, traffic for the year dropped by an average of 7.9%," Director General Angela Gittens, ACI. Source: ACI, 05-Aug-2010.